Last Modified: Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 6:29 p.m.

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John Douglas Seaton, 48, of Altoona, died early Thursday on Interstate 20/59 near the Brookwood/Vance exit.

The tractor trailer he was driving veered far off the roadway and struck a tree around 6:40 a.m. Seaton was wearing a seat belt.

Authorities spent hours cleaning the wreckage and spilled frozen chickens, but traffic was never delayed. Alabama State Troopers are investigating the cause of the crash.

Two men involved in a Wednesday morning interstate crash were still being treated at University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham Thursday.

Sean Gauley, 19, and Jimmy Huffman, 64, were airlifted to UAB after the crash that occurred at 8:35 a.m. on Interstate 20/59, near the Interstate 359 junction.

Gauley was driving a 1996 Acura and was not wearing a seat belt. Huffman was wearing a seat belt and driving a 2012 freight van. State troopers are also investigating the cause of that crash.

No one was injured, but traffic along a busy Tuscaloosa street was rerouted for much of Thursday.

A truck hauling scrap iron and crushed vehicles overturned on 15th Street right after exiting the ramp from Interstate 359. The driver told police that the load shifted as he turned off the ramp, which caused the truck to flip onto its left side.

He was not injured. The road was closed for several hours while crews cleaned the debris and towed the truck.

<p>One man was killed and two others were injured in separate vehicle accidents during the last two days.</p><p>John Douglas Seaton, 48, of Altoona, died early Thursday on Interstate 20/59 near the Brookwood/Vance exit.</p><p>The tractor trailer he was driving veered far off the roadway and struck a tree around 6:40 a.m. Seaton was wearing a seat belt.</p><p>Authorities spent hours cleaning the wreckage and spilled frozen chickens, but traffic was never delayed. Alabama State Troopers are investigating the cause of the crash.</p><p>Two men involved in a Wednesday morning interstate crash were still being treated at University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham Thursday.</p><p>Sean Gauley, 19, and Jimmy Huffman, 64, were airlifted to UAB after the crash that occurred at 8:35 a.m. on Interstate 20/59, near the Interstate 359 junction.</p><p>Gauley was driving a 1996 Acura and was not wearing a seat belt. Huffman was wearing a seat belt and driving a 2012 freight van. State troopers are also investigating the cause of that crash.</p><p>No one was injured, but traffic along a busy Tuscaloosa street was rerouted for much of Thursday.</p><p>A truck hauling scrap iron and crushed vehicles overturned on 15th Street right after exiting the ramp from Interstate 359. The driver told police that the load shifted as he turned off the ramp, which caused the truck to flip onto its left side.</p><p>He was not injured. The road was closed for several hours while crews cleaned the debris and towed the truck.</p><p> </p><p>Reach Stephanie Taylor at stephanie.taylor@tuscaloosanews.com or 205-722-0210.</p>